Lead Software Engineer- Back End Platform- JPMC Personal Investing

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the UK is seeking a Backend Platform Engineer to lead a squad focused on building scalable backend frameworks. The role involves working closely with various teams to deliver innovative investment products efficiently and drive engineering excellence through best practices. Strong experience in Java and Spring Boot is essential, along with a commitment to security and standardisation. This role offers a dynamic environment and the opportunity to mentor other engineers.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot for backend library development.
• Experience designing APIs and micro-service architectures.
• Leadership experience in a regulated engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain backend libraries using Java and Spring Boot.
• Drive standardisation of development workflows and best practices.
• Lead a squad in delivering innovative solutions.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

APIs (GraphQL and REST)

Micro-service architectures

Distributed asynchronous systems

Maven

Gradle

Python

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

OTEL

Grafana

Dynatrace

Job description

Overview

As a Backend Platform Engineer in the Personal Investments Backend Platform team, you will lead a squad dedicated to building scalable backend frameworks and libraries. You will work closely with SDLC, Infrastructure and Product teams to drive standardisation and promote engineering excellence. Your role empowers product engineering teams to deliver innovative investment products efficiently and securely. You will foster collaboration, mentor team members, and ensure our technology landscape remains robust and forward-thinking.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend libraries and frameworks using Java and Spring Boot
• Build scalable, reliable, and secure components that provide out of the box implementations of non-functional requirements and controls compliance, and accelerate feature delivery
• Collaborate with product engineering teams to deliver solutions that improve productivity and engineering experience
• Drive standardisation of development workflows, tooling, and processes
• Champion the adoption of engineering best practices, coding standards, and architectural guidelines
• Lead a backend and platform focused squad, providing technical direction and mentorship
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, and timely delivery of objectives
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and skill development within the team
• Partner with SDLC and Infrastructure teams to deliver Platform as a Product
• Tackle complex technical challenges and design innovative strategic solutions
• Act as a technical point of contact for platform-related issues and escalations

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Java and Spring Boot, with a track record of building backend libraries and frameworks
• Experience with managing build tools such as Maven and Gradle and understanding their role in SDLC standardisation
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles and design patterns
• Commitment to security best practices in backend development
• Strong experience in designing APIs (GraphQL and REST), micro-service architectures, and distributed asynchronous systems
• Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams or squads, ideally in a regulated environment
• Excellent communication, mentoring, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to drive change and influence technical direction with focus on Standardisation & Process Improvement
• Passion for standardisation, process improvement, and engineering excellence
• Experience implementing coding standards, code reviews, and automated testing
• Understanding of controls and compliance in regulated organisations

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills

• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Groovy, Bash) and IaC tools (Terraform)
• Knowledge of observability tools (OTEL, Grafana, Dynatrace)
• Experience in financial services, investment platforms, or regulated organisations
• Hands‑on experience with SDLC, DevEx & DevOps, building and maintaining CI/CD platforms (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Experience building self‑service tooling for engineering teams
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code, containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes), and AWS

J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award‑winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first‑class business in a first‑class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long‑term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.